The fundamentals don’t change. This is a notebook I used in fifth grade to write an essay (monograph?) about photography. Right there on page one, they set us up for success. It’s all here, the outlines, the notes, the rough draft. I look forward to digging in to this, what might be the first time… Continue reading Writing Fundamentals from Fifth Grade
Tag: advice
Advice To The Ten Years Ago Me
I was talking to Leah about a project I worked on ten years ago, and the question came up of what advice would I give that version of myself — from 2009 Dave to 1999 Dave. Here are the three thoughts that popped in to my head: Don’t worry, AOL is not going to remain/become… Continue reading Advice To The Ten Years Ago Me
Think Before You Fool
Trying out Anil Dash’s blog text embedding feature in honor of his timely reminder that “Your April Fool’s Day Joke Continues To Suck”: Aside: Anil rigged up his blog recently so that you can easily embed his text-based blog entries on your site or blog, just like you embed videos or include photos. He places… Continue reading Think Before You Fool
Unsolicited Advice For Industry Leaders
Don’t let the train of knowledge pull away without getting on board. From my copy of Bulletin Boards For All Occasions, by Margaret B. Randall, 1966 I publish this in reference to a knot of recent conversation reflecting on the habits of the Leaderboard types in the technology writing community. I say “writing” not “blogging”… Continue reading Unsolicited Advice For Industry Leaders
Suggestions For Mashable’s Top Ten Blog Conference List
Alexdc’s twitter stream pointed me to a list Mashable.com put together of their top 10 blogger-related conferences. I think they missed the mark on one glaring omission (SXSW Interactive, the highlight of my conference year), and gave too much weight to conferences that haven’t proven themselves yet, most notably PostieCon and to a lesser extent… Continue reading Suggestions For Mashable’s Top Ten Blog Conference List
Ask Your Vox BFFs: Neat or Lame?
user-generated living room The tall cylindrical LED lamp. I'm agonizing over it. Keep it or return it? Half the time I think it's perfect for the space, the other half I worry it's Spencer Gifts for grown ups. It can stay one color (controllable via a remote), or go through color progressions. I think when… Continue reading Ask Your Vox BFFs: Neat or Lame?